Nice Guy Eddie

I agree. People are fairly unhappy across the board that inflation has been high over the last 4 years. Trump isn't offering anything to turn back the clock, and Biden's team just has to remind people do they really want to go back to the chaos of Trump's final months in office but expand that for the next 4 years. not too mention that Biden can remind everyone that Trump is a liar, a convicted (civil) sex offender, cheats at business, cheats on his wives, attempted a coup, has run fraudulent businesses, is a narcissist, is ill informed, hires his relatives in the WH, use the POTUS seat to make money, uses the POTUS seat so his relatives make money, praises racists/bigots, saddles up to dictators, hates democratic elected allies, is on trial for hiding national security secrets, wants to be king without restraint, and so on and so on. Not to mention that Trump has moved on from almost every Reagan policy that the GOP acts is their ideal. Biden is 100% slowing down and should not be President. But I would rather elect a comatose person over Trump.

If it's Boeing (737 Max), I ain't going.

Haven't watched but it's important to remember that today's GOP is very different from '17-19. And Trump's would-be cabinet and other appointees are no where near what he had in roughly the same time period. Paul Ryan was the House Speaker for '17-19 and Pelosi for the remainder of the Trump Admin. While Ryan was definitely ok with many conservative ideals and bills, he's wasn't a full on GQPer. And we all know that Trump did initially appoint some reasonable republicans to his cabinet. If he wins this year, it's a good assumption that he will have both the House and Senate (Hawley or Cruz as Majority Leader?) as well as the crazier cabinet ever assembled. I can only guess that the next 4 years will be like the last 4 weeks of Trump at the end of his first term.

Piers Morgan just looks like he wants to tell everyone how bad each candidate is for America. Enrage both sides. Attract both sides. In both cases, he gets viewers. As for Biden, I would hope that he would walk slowly out of a room that is both dark and has blinding lights. Not to mention that some hard floors might be slippery especially with dress shoes. I'm a lot younger than Joe and there are times I watch my steps in an unknown environment. It's 100x better for Joe to look a bit unsteady and slow than to fall on his ass. Honesty after Joe wins in Nov, he should start looking into using a wheel chair from time to time depending on the circumstance.

We have messaging that deportation will make your life better. The "how" is never fully explained. How it impacts a specific person depends on how you may interact with undocumented workers. If you compete with undocumented people for work or you share a common spending item, like rent, you could very well benefit from mass deportation as it clears out your competition. Perhaps higher wages and lower rent as examples. If you buy something directly or indirectly from undocumented people, then you're in trouble with mass deportations. Ask the Texas home construction or home service industries how they feel about mass deportations. Is it really possible to build at scale without undocumented labor?

The world needs ditch diggers too.

Yep most Houston people do not need to evacuate. It’s cool if you want to get out but do it a few days earlier. Much easier in todays world with more WFH options.

Unfortunately those guilt feelings may never go fully away. I found that as my mom’s dementia became worse, I did understand that her need for 24/7 care exceeded my ability and honesty my patience. This helped me accept the guilt. It never left though. Other tips that I learned with my mom, dementia and assisted living. Your mileage may vary. more visits and shorter stays was best as time went on a large digital clock with day and date. I hung it right beside her tv. flowers. She previously wasn’t a flower person but she became one. I think she liked to show them off to the care givers. Wherever her memory might be better, focus on that. My mom had decent long term but horrible short term. I asked questions about her childhood and parents. I never knew my grandfather so I learned a few new things. many other people are going thru similar situations. You may find it useful to talk to them. Co workers, friends, etc.

If they went from 1,000 ft to 400 in a few seconds, common sense says they were a couple of seconds away from a crash. This is also a ~25 minute flight and had to return to Honolulu because of inclement weather on Kauai. Why even leave Honolulu in the first place if the weather was so bad in Kauai. That might be a question that southwest and the govt wants to avoid it being asked.

Abbott and Patrick are going to tell the CEO of ERCOT to walk back that estimate.

Dems can’t sleep on the senate races. If Trump pulls out a victory, Dems have to keep the senate. If Trump gets his senate, Alito and Thomas will retire and be replaced with 2 similar 45 year olds.

It would be crazy if our president could call for House elections within a few weeks. I could see it keeping everything a bit more moderate as the House party in power has to worry about a misstep when the president is on the other party.

Just had a million dollar idea. Sell upside down flags to Trumpers. My price will only be 50% more than a regular flag.

just a hunch but I don't think Mika is a beer drinker from the expression she made while taking a sip.

I have never been an off-the-grid type of person but there's something appealing about getting a property in the middle of nowhere and place solar panels on an unused pasture. I still would want to be on the grid but have the ability to use as much solar as possible.

Their new line is that the GOP feels these votes mean nothing so they are voting no. This logic makes no sense. If you truly believe that the Dems are using these votes only as an election issue, the GOP can remove it as an election issue by voting for it. But in reality the GOP is looking to work both sides. They want the ultra conservatives to think they're on their side while simultaneously telling the suburban crowd how they will protect IVF.

Crypto mining and AI data centers are effectively the same in terms of electricity usage. I assume the main factor in deciding where to place the equipment is basically electricity costs. If/when our politicians start to talk about Texas attracting these companies, we're all subsidizing the costs on our monthly bills.

I've also found that the REPs might be sick of the individual frequent switchers too. I used to play the game by switching providers every 6 months or so. Find a great promo rate and move on when the promo expires. Now I'm told that I don't meet the qualifications to avoid the security deposit of $300. My credit is good and I've never missed a payment to anyone in 20 years at my address. And yes to rates never going back down. When I played the above game, I could frequently find 5-6 cent promo deals. Now you're basically paying that amount to the transmission/distribution companies. Tack on $0.10 to the actual REP. But join them if you can't beat them. I've invested in NRG and CNP over the last few years as I don't see how they (& others) won't profit greatly off the Texas govt policies. Decent growth and dividends.

Unreal if the Conservatives go from 360 seats, in the last full election, to potentially only 20. I'm unsure that a party could intentionally tank to that extent.

Conservatives fall to 3rd in opinion poll. Of course it’s nuts that it’s Farage’s party, Reform UK, that has moved into the 2nd spot. Reform UK is basically Brexit hardliners who want to deport anyone that doesn’t look like them. https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/reform-uk-overtakes-pm-sunaks-conservatives-opinion-poll-2024-06-13/

But Congress can grill Executive officials all day long. I don’t understand why Judicial gets a free pass.

The GOP is electing a guy that is arguably committing stolen valor? Times they are a changing.

Voting will cease if the GOP truly believes they are about to lose power. Perhaps they will create 30 year terms for each statewide office and elect a 25 year old trumpist.

The media plays it up how evangelicals now blindly support Trump and have stopped caring about family values in their politicians. Perhaps that has always been the case with the remaining evangelicals but they've run off the more righteous believers who have left the church.

Late on a reply but did we have hide that Texas was only 39% white, non-hispanic for our admittance into the SEC? Those in the upper 70s might be questioning that decision when they see this.